Distress signal received from F/V gran roque in 09-04N 086-30W
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 252/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-07 10:10Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · COSTA RICAN COAST GUARD 290454Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-29 05:55Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 9.067, -86.500. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Rocketslater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2016-01-29 05:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- COSTA RICAN COAST GUARD 290454Z JAN 16.
- issued by
- COSTA RICAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 9.067, -86.500
- vessel
- F/V GRAN ROQUE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC. COSTA RICA. DNC 14. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM F/V GRAN ROQUE IN 09-04N 086-30W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO COSTA RICAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: 506 2286 4418, E-MAIL: OPERACIONES.SNG.CR@GMAIL.COM.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
38 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V spyros V in 08-20.00N 086-02.00W2024-02-05
- Distress signal received from vessel in 07-58.58N 084-43.42W2023-12-04
- Vessel, one person on board, capsized and adrift in 09-33.71N 085-13.83W2022-06-17
- 30 foot vessel capsized and adrift in 09-31N 088-51W at 021700Z oct2021-10-02
- Distress signal received from 51 foot S/V reliant, white hull, in 09-30.9N 085-18.2W at 251237Z nov2017-11-26
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 07-28.0N 088-50.2W2017-07-22
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- 94 km sw of tamarindo, costa ricaQuakes · 41.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:57Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.